Josh Socket
My goal is to bring you the best Cannabis producers in Canada. Not the most successful,but the cultivators creating quality plants for the purpose of our enjoyment.
Follow me every week for the who's who in Canadian weed.
There is high-quality cannabis coming out of cottage country!
Do you remember when I talked about Truro? The licensed producer from Nova Scotia making their products in “tuna cans”? You remember. I found another licensed producer doing the same thing with their packaging. Much like Truro, Muskoka Grown packages their cannabis in jars that look like this:
Josh SocketPublished 4 days ago in Potent
Cheap mass-market weed is taking over… and it's actually not that bad!
There's a weed war going on. There’s currently a war in the national cannabis market. A race to produce the cheapest weed per gram year-round. At 84 cents per gram, Pure Sunfarms is winning. Pure Sunfarms is blowing its competitors Organigram and Aphria out of the water.
Josh SocketPublished 11 days ago in Potent
Can a beer brand be trusted in the weed market?
I took a seasonal contact at the LCBO in December. Just a cashier job to keep me busy for the month. My days mostly composed of the same conversations. Here’s an example of one, you can imagine the rest.
Josh SocketPublished 14 days ago in Potent
What does it mean to be a Cannabis Connoisseur?
So, I recently tried a 510 cartridge from Top Leaf. The strain was called Florida Lemons. It’s possible the name was too suggestive, but it really did taste like a Florida lemon. Regardless, it had a nice citrus flavour. I liked it.
Josh SocketPublished 23 days ago in Potent
How are Ontario cannabis dispensaries expected to make a living with these ever-changing and constricting regulations?
Welcome, This week, I won’t be recommending any strains. This is the last time you will read the word terpene. I won’t be telling you what anything smells or taste like either. This article has no THC content. I will be talking about an issue effecting cannabis dispensaries and licensed producers alike.
Josh SocketPublished 24 days ago in Potent
Why you should be consuming 48North products.
The cannabis market: the new marketing frontier. Licensed Producers have much to consider when it comes to getting their product to market. It’s not enough to grow weed and tell your friends. Or like In Half-Baked, when they walked around handing out business cards with joints attached as samples. Don’t do it. It’s illegal. Growers are now expected to be branding experts.
Josh SocketPublished 24 days ago in Potent
What do you think about brands focusing on using science to improve the health and wellness of their users?
So far I’ve talked mostly about Value and craft brands. They cater to the wants and needs of the market. The recreational market could easily fund research and innovation in other parts of the cannabis industry. Value and Craft brands are not the entire industry. You haven’t even gotten me started on the CBD market. Specifically, the medical market’s research and development-oriented brands.
Josh SocketPublished about a month ago in Potent
So you don’t care about craft cannabis? You’re more into value?
Craft Cannabis is a culture. Hand-tended, all-natural, customized care. It makes the bud an incredibly high-quality product but it also makes the weed expensive. Cannabis in Canada is a multi-billion-dollar market. Different people are naturally going to want different products and experiences. That’s life.
Josh SocketPublished 2 months ago in Potent
